On the work stoppage, “talking is a good thing. It’s unfortunate we are at where we are at.”

On 04-05 comparing to now, “being informed and contributing and staying informed is a lot easier.”

On the NHLPA, “the meeting we had in NY a few weeks ago, guys are involved. They want to know what is going on. Everyone’s ideas are valuable to the process. Last time I was two years into my career and right now there is a feeling of we are all in this together.”

On former players talking about the 04-05 lockout, “first of all, no one wants to do that. I’m disappointed that games have been cancelled already. Up to this point I feel that this has been a one-sided negotiations. We don’t want to miss time or miss games but at the end we need a dancing partner and up to this time we haven’t gotten that. Things will start moving along when we have some conversations.”

“you try not to look at it as us vs them. We know that we have been trying to make contact and get in a room together. I just feel like we never got answers as to why our proposal didn’t work. We as players made concessions in our proposal. I don’t consider concessions on their side to be what the number is to claw back player salaries.”

On a rollback, “Most people were pretty surprised by the first offer from the league. We want to negotiate and get a deal done. I don’t feel like the other side wants to negotiate in good faith. We need to get to the table and have some traction with what we are talking about. I feel like the NHL is saying ‘we will listen to you when you see it our way.'”

“we just want to move forward with negotiations and create a solution. It’s just unnecessary to have this lockout. There is definitely hockey that should be played this year.”

“our goal is to not have this happen again in five years.”

On his future for this season, “right now we are in NY and the kids are going to school. As a family we need to go on with our everyday life. I’m rehabbing an injury from last year and I don’t plan on playing anywhere at least for now.